Lightning, Pearl River
- When
- August 5, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County, Picayune
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.769, -89.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning strikes damaged two houses in the North Hill subdivision.
Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 5, 2004
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 345 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS WILL BE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE WELL ADVERTISED COLD FRONT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN LA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST MS AND ADJACENT EAST CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST LA PARISHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ACTIVITY MOVING SOUTH OF I-10 LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTH THROUGH MOST LAND AREAS TONIGHT AND THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND STORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LA COAST...OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE DRY FRIDAY THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. LOWER HUMIDITY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE LESS HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. DEWPOINTS AROUND 60 OR IN THE UPPER 50S WILL SKIM PORTIONS OF SOUTH MS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COOL/NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT FOR MOST AREAS...EXCEPT SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE 87-88 DEGREE LAKE WATERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE 70 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 90 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALLOWING A MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. EAST WINDS ON SUNDAY THEN LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BRING HUMIDITY LEVELS BACK TO NORMAL ALONG WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN. SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH THE WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE PLAINS AND MS VALLEY WILL HELP SPARK OFF CONVECTION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS MAY ALSO BRING ANOTHER WEAKER COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 72 87 63 88 / 20 00 00 00 BTR 73 89 66 89 / 30 00 00 00 MSY 77 90 74 89 / 30 10 00 00 GPT 73 91 66 88 / 30 10 00 00 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 22
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 9:45 AM CST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1045 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061100- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK- HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 1045 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 100 TO 110 WILL OCCUR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BECOME UNSEASONABLY LOW FOR AUGUST STARTING FRIDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND...PROVIDING A BREAK FROM THE TYPICAL AUGUST HEAT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. 22
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:27 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 527 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 MSZ068>071-052300- AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-WILKINSON- 527 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONTICELLO TO NATCHEZ. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SECTIONS OF WILKINSON... AMITE...PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES BETWEEN 445 PM AND 515 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY AFFECT AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF WOODVILLE...LIBERTY...MCCOMB AND TYLERTOWN. PERSONS IN WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:56 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 556 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 MSZ068>071-052345- AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-WILKINSON- 556 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO NORTHERN WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY AFFECT AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF WOODVILLE...LIBERTY...MCCOMB AND TYLERTOWN THROUGH 700 PM. PERSONS IN WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 615 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 LAZ039-MSZ077-060000- PEARL RIVER-WASHINGTON- 615 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BOGALUSA... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON PARISH AND APPROACHING NORTHWEST PEARL RIVER COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND BOGALUSA THROUGH 700 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON PARISH AND NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:06 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 706 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 LAZ040-MSZ077-060100- PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY- 706 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ST. TAMMANY PARISH AND WEST AND SOUTHWEST PEARL RIVER COUNTY...OR FROM AROUND THE BUSH AREA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF PICAYUNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF PICAYUNE...THE TOWN OF PEARL RIVER...AND SLIDELL THROUGH 800 PM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:11 PM CST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 711 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 LAZ034>039-046>050-060100- ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-LIVINGSTON- POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE- WEST FELICIANA- 711 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA STATE LINE WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATES 10 AND 12 THROUGH 800 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY AFFECT AREAS AROUND BATON ROUGE...KENTWOOD...FRANKLINTON...CLINTON AND GREENSBURG.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 5, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 5, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 5, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 5, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 5, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 5 to 6, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Kansas, August 5, 2004
- Hail in Montana, August 5, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Colorado, August 5 to 7, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, August 5, 2004
- Hail in Montana, August 5, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 5, 2004
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2004
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5432672.